Artificial bait.



No. 889,804. v PATENTED JUNE 2, 1908.

1 t E. A. PFL-UEGER.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT. APPLIOATION FILEDMAR. 5. 1908.

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ERNEST A. PFLUEGER,

OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE E. A. PFLUEGER COMPANY, OF

AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

ARTIFIOIAL BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2, 1908.

Application filed. March 5, 1908. Serial Il'o. 419',324.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST A. PFLUEGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit,.State of Ohio, have inventednew and useful Im rovements in Artificial Bait, of which the ollowin isa specification.

y invention relates to bait for luring fish, and more particularly tothat class known as artificial minnows, and has for its object toprovide certain improvements in the construction of the same as will behereinafter more definitely pointed out and claimed, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an artificial minnow embodying myimproved construction. Fi 2 is a top plan view of the same, the hea andtail thereof being shown in section.

Similar numerals of reference denote corresponding parts in the twoviews.

In the said drawing the reference numeral 1 denotes the body of theminnow, the same being formed of a single piece of material folded andunited, by stitching or otherwise, longitudinall along the back, asshown at 2.

ibi m this body 1 of water-proofed si k, linen or other flexible fabric,and, instead of decorating the same with paint applied by hand, as hasbeen the practlce heretofore, I lithograph or print the material withthe desired design prior to its formation into the article. In thismanner I can not only imitate the various colors and shadings of thenatural minnow more accurately and vatless expense than can be done byhand, but will also render the articles more flexible, and will obviateall danger of peeling or cracking of the applied ornamentatiom The body1 is connected to the head 3 of the minnow by applying the same to theneck 4 thereof and fastening it thereto by means of the wrapping 5 inthe usual manner.

11 of the side hooks 12 and the line 13 of the tail hook 14. i

In my improved construction the tail end of the minnow is left open at15 whereby the formation of apocket at that point is prevented, andwhereby the water that passes into the body 1 through the mouth'6 canpass as freely out through said tail end, thereby inflating the body 1and causing air bubbles to rise to the surface of the water in a morenatural imitation of a live minnow. The tail 16, instead of being formedseparate from the body 1, is formed integral therefpreferablyco-extensive in width I claim as new and desire to secure by Let .tersPatent is:

1. An artificial minnow, embodying a body portion, and a head portion,sai head portion having an open mouth communicating freely with. saidbody lportion, and said body portion having its ta' end entirely open topermit the unrestricted passage of water therethrough.

2. An artificial minnow, embodying a body portion, a head portion, and atail portion,

said head portion havin an 0 en mouth communicating freely wit saidodyportion, said body portion having its tail end entirely open to ermitthe unrestricted passageof water t erethrough, and said tail portionbeing formed integral with said body portion and being co-extensive inwidth with one of the side portions of said body portion.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscriblng witnesses.

ERNEST A. PFLUEGER.

- Witnesses:

JENNIE .M. CARLsoN, F. W. OAsTLE.

